No surprises in byelections, huge win for ADMK in Jaya’s seat

As anticipated the ruling All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) won the assembly by-election to the prestigious Srirangam constituency of Tamil Nadu, earlier held by the party chief J Jayalalithaa. However, the margin of winning was huge. AIADMK won by a margin of over 90,000 votes.

A sympathy wave triggered by Jayalalithaa’s conviction may be one reason for such margin of win.

The Srirangam seat fell vacant after Jayalalithaa was disqualified from contesting elections for ten years as a result of a court verdict on charges of owning assets disproportionate to her income. The election to the seat was held on February 13.

Meanwhile, in other byelections too there were no surprises. The BJP retained both Panaji in Goa and Mukhed in Maharashtra, TMC retained Krishnaganj assembly seat and established massive lead in Bangaon Lok Sabha seat in West Bengal, the Tirupati seat in Andhra Pradesh was retained by Telugu Desam party and the Congress retained Liromoba in Arunachal Pradesh.

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Monday congratulated M Suguna, wife of late M Venkataramana, for winning the Tirupati by-elections by a margin of 1,16,524 votes in the state. The Chief Minister said the victory was the result of people’s response to the TDP Government’s programmes in the last eight months.

The ruling BJP has won the Panaji assembly constituency bypoll, retaining the seat that was held
by Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar since 1994. BJP candidate Siddharth Kuncolienkar (9,989 votes) won the by-election by a margin of 5,368 votes defeating his immediate rival and Congress nominee Surendra Furtado (4,621 votes.).

The BJP candidate Dr. Tushar Rathod, son of Govind Rathod, whose death last October necessitated the bye-election, has won the Mukhed Assembly seat by defeating his nearest Congress rival Hanumantrao Patil Betmogrekar by 47,248 votes.

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